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Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.

love is what moves the world, I've always thought...it is the only thing which allows men and women to stand in a world where gravity always seems to want to pull them down...bring them low...and make them crawl...

Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.

The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows.

He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.

We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.

A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

I have spent a good many years since

But I believe in love, you know; love is a uniquely portable magic. I don’t think it’s in the stars, but I do believe that blood calls to blood and mind calls to mind and heart to heart.

Your first impulse is to share good news, your second is to club someone with it.

The only way love can last a lifetime is if it's unconditional. The truth is this: love is not determined by the one being loved but rather by the one choosing to love.

We have become, by the power of a glorious evolutionary accident called intelligence, the stewards of life's continuity on earth. We did not ask for this role, but we cannot abjure it. We may not be suited to it, but here we are.